CANADA SENDS STRONG SQUAD TO BAIE-COMEAU WORLD CUP

Ottawa, ON (August 2, 2019) – Cycling Canada will conclude the para-cycling road world cup season on home soil in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, with the third and final round of the Road World Cup on August 8-11. Canada will send a team of 20 riders across all categories, including world and Paralympic champions.

“For the final para-cycling World Cup of the season, the Canadian Para-Cycling National Team will be composed of athletes from both the High Performance and Development groups,” said Sebastien Travers, national para coach at Cycling Canada.  “As this event is the only out-of-Europe World Cup of the season, we are expecting a high level of competitiveness, with other nations sending strong squads for the qualification to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. The Baie-Comeau World Cup will be a good indicator of the efficiency of the work done during the summer and will help establish the next priorities for the team.”

“The high performance group will be targeting medal performances and the event will be the final tune up before the Para-cycling Road World Championships, which will be held three weeks later. We expect solid results, as some athletes will be fighting to win the World Cup overall ranking.”

Athletes will compete in time trial events on Thursday and Friday, followed by the road races on Saturday and Sunday.

Women

Annie Bouchard – Tandem [Baie-St-Paul, QC]
Evelyne Gagnon – Tandem Pilot [Quebec City, QC]
Marie-Eve Croteau – T2 [Quebec City, QC]
Kara Douville – H4 [Calgary, AB]
Shelley Gautier – T1 [Toronto, ON]
Marie-Claude Molnar – C4 [St Hubert, QC]
Carla Shibley – Tandem [Calgary, AB]
Meghan Lemiski – Tandem Pilot [Calgary, AB]

Men

Daniel Chalifour – Tandem [Mont-Laurier, QC]
Jean-Michel Lachance – Tandem Pilot [Quebec City, QC]
Tristen Chernove – C2 [Cranbrook, BC]
Joey Desjardins – H3 [Hawkesbury, ON]
Patrick Desnoyers – H5 [Blainville, QC]
Alex Hyndman – H3 [Morpeth, ON]
Matthew Kinnie – H2 [Riverview, NB]
Charles Moreau – H3 [Victoriaville, QC]
Mike Shetler – T2 [Kirkland, QC]
Lowell Taylor – Tandem [Lethbridge, AB]
Andrew Davidson – Tandem Pilot [Calgary, AB]
Ross Wilson – C1 [Sherwood Park, AB]